Stampin'Girls event Ottawa May 2010 - Big WIN!

At the end of May, I attended a Stampin'Up event in Ottawa with my 2 downlines and a friend.  We had lots of fun.  We met in person the one and only "Andrea Walford".  She gave a very nice presentation and did a few cards for us.

I participated in the Wow 3D swap for the event.  Had to make 26 of the same item.  I made this little bird house with a Stampin'up Sizzix die, the milk can.  All supplies are Stampin'Up.

Here is my box of 26 bird houses.

I swaped them for 26 different items.  I'll show them in a separate message.

I also made a few cards to swap.  Here is my card:

And the big SURPRISE!!!:  My card was selected as "Best swap card".
I won a $25 gift certificate.  Isn't that amazing!  I was so surprised!!!!

Thanks for your visit!

Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

SWAP CARDS for FEBRUARY meeting

As promised yesterday, here are the swap card from our last get-together.

Thanks Amy for lending your camera and sending the photos.

Please note that these beautiful cards are made by my friends, not me.

Our theme was to make a "shaped" card, anything but square or rectangle.

Here are the very clever cards made by all the participants.

This is Susan's card:

This is Josée A's card:

This is Francine T's card (sorry it's a little blurred...)

This is Josée Ste-M's card:

This is Lyne's card:

This is the inside of Lyne's card:

This is Arlene's card:

and finally, Amy's card:

Thanks Ladies for the beautiful cards!

and thank you for visiting my blog. Merci de votre visite.

Louise

Swaps for Club night

Here are the cards that I made for our Club meeting swap and the Thank you card for my hostess, Amy.

First the swap card. We had to do a "shaped" card, anything but square or rectangle.

I was amazed at what the ladies came up with - very different and clever. I did not forget my camera this time, but the batteries were dead... So Amy lent me her camera and she will send me the photos by email later on. So this time, you'll get to see them all, but a little later.

So here is my card. It was round (not too original I know....) and I used the flowers from the new Stampin'Up set Vintage Vogue. I glittered the flowers with my favorite technique, Stampin'Up Heat and stick covered with Dazzling Diamonds glitter.

Here is a side view:

Supplies: Sizzix scallop die for base of card, Covered with Sizzix SU exclusive clear circle die.

Flowers from the Vintage Vogue set 118598, Cardstock Melon Mambo and Rich Razzlebury, with the circle in Old Olive. The saying is from the Well Scripted set (#118601), also from the Occasions catalog.

Here is the card for Amy:

I used the new punch from the mini Occasions catalog: The bird on a branch.

The paper is retired, but I love those colours, so I bought a lot before it was discontinued.

The border is done with the scallop border punch that you can get for free in the Sale-a-Bration catalog (ask me if you are interested). The ribbon is also retired chocolate chip (not the colour, just the ribbon). The Thank you is from the new set (also from the Occasions catalog). The cardstock is my former favorite Baja Breeze. (so sorry that it retired...).

Thanks for your visit. Merci de votre visite.

Louise

Swap card Club Meeting

As promised yesterday, I took a photo of the swap card that I received from Josée Ste-Marie. So cute! Merci Josée.

I don't know if it shows, but the little cupcake is covered in glitter.


This card was made by my friend Josée Ste-Marie

As I mentioned yesterday, if any of the other ladies have a chance to take a photo of the swap card that they received, send it to me and I'll post it. I'll make sure to bring my camera next get-together!

thanks for your visit!

Louise

Stamping'Up Swap Card

The theme for our swap card for our Club meeting this month was "Baby" because our hostess, Christine, needed a baby card for her brother and wanted ideas.

Here is my card. All Stampin'up stamps, papers, Sizzix dies and ribbon.
(The paper and patterned paper are retired).

It was colored with Copic markers.


(Click on image to view bigger)

Thanks for visiting my blog! Merci de votre visite!

Louise

Cards from SU Club Swap

Here are the cards made by the ladies of my SU Club for our last get-together.

The theme was to make a Birthday card using buttons and ribbons.  Some of them forgot the buttons or ribbon, but the cards are all beautiful!

Voici les cartes faites par les membres de mon Club SU, pour notre rencontre de vendredi dernier (rencontre de mai).  

Notre thème était de faire une carte de fête et d'utiliser des rubans et boutons.  Elles n'ont pas toutes utilisé les 2, mais les cartes sont toutes magnifiques.

There is Josée S' card:

La carte de Josée S.

Francine T

Francine P

Amy

and our new member Susan (Welcome Susan)

et d'une petite nouvelle Susan (bienvenue dans notre groupe Susan)

Thanks for your visit!  Merci de votre visite.

Louise

Swap Card for Stampin'Up May Club Meeting

Our theme this month (thanks Amy!) was to make a Birthday card, that has buttons and ribbons.

Notre swap pour notre CLub SU de mai était de faire une carte de fête et d'utliser des rubans et des boutons.

This is what I made: 

Voici la carte que j'ai faite.

(Click on photo to view bigger)

I have photos of all the other beautiful swap cards. I'll show them tomorrow.
J'ai les photos de toutes les autres cartes échangées.  Je les montrerai demain.

Here's the recipe for my card: (all supplies are by SU)

Voici la recette de ma carte (toutes les fournitures sont de SU, à moins d'indication contraire)

Stamps: SU Level 2 Hostess set (retired), Greeting: Very Versatile SU set (Mini Occasions brochure)
Patterned Papers: SU Sale-a-bration Delicate Dots DSP (retired)

Ribbon:  SU Sale-a-bration ribbon in Certainly Celery (retired)

Cardstock:  So Saffron and Certainly Celery

Tools:  Scallop Edge Punch

Buttons:  Foo-fa-la bag of buttons

The image was colored with Copics markers.

L'image a été colorée avec les marqueurs Copics.

The butterfly was glittered with SU Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

J'ai mis du brillant Dazzling Diamonds de SU sur le papillon.

The image and mat were cut with Nestabilities.

L'image et le passe-partout ont été coupés avec les Nestabilities

The edges of the image were sponged with SU Wild Wasabi (retired)

Le pourtour de l'image a été épongé avec l'encre SU Wild Wasabi (retirée)

Thanks for looking!  Merci de votre visite.

SU Swap cards - Cartes SU pour swap

Note:  This card was not made by me, but by my friend Arlene!  Cette carte a été faite par mon amie Arlene:

Voici une carte faite par mon amie Arlene, pour notre dernière rencontre Club de Stampin'Up.  Le thème était une carte avec du "vert" pour le printemps.

Here is a card made by my friend Arlene, for our latest SU Club meeting Swap.  Our theme was "a card with green" to bring back Spring.

Isn't this a beautiful card.  I always love Arlene's cards, there so original!

Les étampes sont de SU. 

The stamps are by Stampin'Up.

This is the card that I made for the swap.  I wasn't too happy with the coloring, but because I spent a long time doing it, I used it anyway!

Voici la carte que j'ai faite pour le même swap.  Je n'étais pas trop contente du coloriage (le lapin a l'air rose.. ), mais comme j'y ai passé beaucoup de temps, je l'ai utilisé quand même.

Recette/Recipe:

Stamp:  SU retired hostess set, papers and CS, also SU, the ribbon is the new Sale-a-bration ribbon (now also retired).  Colored with Copics.

Thanks for visiting my blog.  

Merci de votre visite.

Louise

2 birthday cards

These are two birthday cards that I made for Amy and Josée S who are my friends and members of my SU Club. I have taken photos of some of the other cards that they received, but I don't have them all yet and I forgot to take note of the authors, so I will post them later.

Here are the two that I made:

Josée's card (not SU, except for the greeting).



Amy's card (all SU, except the pearls that are by Kaiser). The greeting on this card was inspired by something that I saw on Beate John's blog. I just loved the idea of placing the greeting in the small oval punch over the beautiful filigree scalloped lozenge. I created my own small greeting on the computer and punched it out with the SU small oval punch. The papers are my favorite so far in the new catalog - called Urban Garden, and in my favorite colours!



Recipes:
Josée's card (6 x 6"):

Stampsets: Impression Obsession and SU for greeting.
Cardstock and papers: Basic Grey patterned paper and Prism Cardstock; SU cardstock (wild wasabi).
Inks: Palette hybrid black and SU old olive.

Tools and accessories:  Nestabilities large rectangles standard and scalloped dies; SU ex. large oval punch and small punch; SU square scalloped punch; SU small slot punch; Michaels' ribbon; Kaiser Scrapbook for Blings; Lozenges corrugator (cannot remember the brand (and it's hidden somewhere...)); Alcohol markers (Copics and Tria).

Amy's card (5 1/2 x 5 1/2") - all SU:

Stampsets:  Punches three (Hostess Level 1)

Cardstock and papers:  Kiwi Kiss, Not quite Navy and Baya Breeze CS; Urban Garden DP

Accessories and tools: Small oval punch, ex. large oval punch; square scallop punch; Kaiser pearls; 

Thanks for visiting my blog!  Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

August Swap Card

Just a quick I made for our Club Meeting Swap tonight.  The theme was Autumn.  I had a bit of trouble finding inspiration since it stills looks and feels like Summer!  But I thought that apples were a good fall subject...

So here is my card (all SU supplies):

Thanks for visiting my blog! Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

Stampin'Up! Convention 2008 Highlights

This was my first SU Convention and I was impressed. I have attended 5 CKU conventions where approx. 600 ladies (and sometimes men) get together to scrap and have fun. But this convention had approx. 6,200 attendees!!! That is a lot of people! But everything went smoothly. Amazing! The only frustrating wait was 2 1/2 hours the first day for the Momento mall (where they sell SU souvenirs or special items). I did not even advance more than 1/3 in the line.



I had to leave for my visit of Stampin'UP! headquarters. That was a beautiful visit. What a great building!

Here it is - nestled in the surrounding mountains....



That's me behind the big rock with their logo and address:



The inside is all beautiful wood and bright. I'd love to work there! There was a section inside all decorated like a house with SU new products. Here is a room decorated with the new Decor elements.

A beautiful family frame (Decor elements letters and wall designs).



A beautiful armoire all decorated with samples and ideas. (I inherited a very similar armoire from my Mom - I will use these ideas to decorate it!)



A beautiful basket filled with Christmas ornaments:

There is a photo of one of the get-together. The crowd is amazing - and that's not everyone! (that's taken about 1/2 way into the room. They were scafoldings at the back of the room also).



Another thing that impressed me was the swapping! From the first minute to the last event. Ladies were swapping non stop! And most of the cards were of very good quality!



(the blue bag held by two of the ladies was sold in the Memento mall - I got one - it's so nice. Lined inside with a replica of the new Blueberry DP).

I had 50 cards to swap (Thanks to my friends Josée and Francine). Here are my cards:



I had a blue and a red card. Same model, just different colours. The inside was a pop out - if you put 4 cards together, you can make a nice book. Here are the two cards individually and the inside look.








Once I had time to take photos of them, I will show some of the swap cards I collected.

Here are some of new products coming up:
4 great new punches:



and great news! SU has a new partner: Sizzix! So we'll have our own Big Shot and our own dies, plus a lot of existing Sizzix dies! There is even a bag to hold the machine. It is so cute!!! Sorry, but I can't find my photos of the Big Shot and new bag. I know that Patty Bennett has one on her blog! Go see! (But please come back here LOL).

I was so impressed by the number of sample boards available to photograph. I tried to photograph them all, but there were so many and I got confused and took the same ones twice. Trust me it was easy to do that!

Here are some of the boards:




A view of the back of the room (you can see the samples boards). This was taken while I waited in line to see Shelli.




Here is a photo of me with Shelli:



and this Shelli, Sherley (my downline) and me (we had so much fun at Convention together...):



And the great finale to the Convention. We were lucky enough to get seats at the front. The presentions were great! When Shelli got on stage, she talked a little, then was joined on stage by the man in brown himself - the UPS delivery guy! He announced that he had a delivery for everyone! The crowd broke in a scream and confettis started raining! We were each given the beautiful new Ronald McDonald charity fundraiser stamp set!

These are a few of the photos:










Here is Sherley with the new Stamp set:



It was all together a wonderful experience. As I sort through my photos, I will try to post more of the nicer ones.

Also, Jim came with me and we spent a few days before and after the Convention visiting Salt Lake City. I'll post some of these photos later also.

If you lasted through all of this, thanks for your patience!

Thank you for visiting my blog! Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise